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WoW 2001, sub-titled The Year’s 30 Top Christian Artists and Hits, is a multi-artist double disc compilation released in co-operation by EMI Christian Music Group, Word Entertainment, and Provident Music Group in 2000. Manufactured and marketed by Sparrow Records, distributed in the US by Chordant Distribution Group.
reached No. 36 on the Billboard 200 chart, and No. 1 on the Top Contemporary Christian album chart. Album sales were certified as double platinum (two million copies sold) in 2002 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
WoW 2001 gives you the best of today’s Christian music. The 30 biggest HITS of the year are featured on this double CD/cassette collection which spans Adult Contemporary to Top 40 chart-toppers. Plus 3 bonus cuts! [A note printed on the back of the CD]
One cannot stress enough how important the various artists/various record companies WoW album series has been in building the marketplace for Christian music. It’s a simple idea. Cuts from the biggest names on the American scene with one or two “bonus tracks” from debut album artists the wiley corporations have high hopes are in the process of becoming seriously big. (The bonus acts this time are the Latin popsters Salvador, the effervescent pop rockers Earthsuit soon to be given a bug UK push by Fierce!/Furious? – and the pop dance duo V*enna). But it’s the 30 other acts on this two CD set which will set the pulse racing of the corporate bean counters and, more importantly, the CD rack browser looking for an economic smorgasbord of Christian music talent. Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael W Smith, Third Day, Jars Of Clay, Delirious?, dc Talk, Rebecca St James, Jaci Velasquez, MaryMary are all here. As with any sampler, the width of musical styles ensures that some tracks are bound to fall outside the scope of most musical palates (is a CCM buff alive who enthuses about both the raw rapcore of P.O.D. and the overblown inspirational balladry of CeCe Winans?). But with such a wealth of cuts to choose from that matters little. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, May 2001]
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2CD tracklist:
Disc One – Silver Disc
1-01. Steven Curtis Chapman – Dive – 3:59 (from Speechless)
1-02. Rachael Lampa – Live For You – 3:58 (from Live for You)
1-03. Plus One – Written On My Heart – 3:49 (from The Promise)
1-04. Michael W. Smith – This Is Your Time – 4:30 (from This is Your Time)
1-05. CeCe Winans – Alabaster Box – 5:33 (from Alabaster Box)
1-06. Point Of Grace – Gather At The River (Remix) – 3:21 (Rarities & Remixes)
1-07. Avalon – Always Have, Always Will – 4:17 (from In A Different Light)
1-08. Jaci Velasquez – Crystal Clear – 3:50 (from Crystal Clear)
1-09. Nichole Nordeman – Every Season – 4:03 (from This Mystery)
1-10. Mark Schultz – I Am The Way – 3:57 (from Mark Schultz)
1-11. Ginny Owens – Free – 3:28 (from Without Condition)
1-12. Watermark – More Than You’ll Ever Know – 3:33 (from All Things New)
1-13. FFH – When I Praise – 3:50 (from Found a Place)
1-14. Fernando Ortega – This Good Day – 4:18 (from Home)
1-15. Nicole C. Mullen – Redeemer – 4:57 (from Nicole C. Mullen)
1-16. Salvador – Lord, I Come Before You – 4:43 (from Salvador)
Disc Two – Blue Disc
2-01. P.O.D. – Set Your Eyes To Zion – 4:07 (from The Fundamental Elements of Southtown)
2-02. Mary Mary – Shackles (Praise You) – 3:17 (from Thankful)
2-03. Third Day – King Of Glory – 6:21 (from Offerings: A Worship Album)
2-04. Newsboys – Beautiful Sound – 3:48 (from Love Liberty Disco)
2-05. Jennifer Knapp – Into You – 3:05 (from Lay It Down)
2-06. DC Talk – Red Letters – 6:04 (from Supernatural)
2-07. Jars Of Clay – Unforgetful You – 3:22 (from If I Left the Zoo)
2-08. Caedmon’s Call – The Only One – 3:46 (from Long Line of Leavers)
2-09. Rebecca St. James – Reborn – 4:00 (from Transform)
2-10. Delirious? – God You Are My God – 6:31 (from Glo)
2-11. Raze – Follow Your Dreams – 3:17 (from The Plan)
2-12. Stacie Orrico – Don’t Look At Me – 3:37 (from Genuine)
2-13. City On A Hill – God Of Wonders – 5:10 (from City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise)
2-14. Passion – America – 4:47 (from Passion: OneDay Live)
2-15. Audio Adrenaline – Hands And Feet – 4:08 (from Underdog)
2-16. Earthsuit – Whitehorse – 4:15 (from Kaleidoscope Superior)
2-17. V*enna – Where I Wanna Be – 3:07 (from Where I Wanna Be)
Note: Simultaneously released as a double cassette and a double disc CD. The CD includes some music video content accessible with a CD-ROM drive.
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